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Labor And Delivery: Television Performances By Pregnant Actresses From 1948-2016, Evleen Michelle Nasir
Labor And Delivery: Television Performances By Pregnant Actresses From 1948-2016, Evleen Michelle Nasir
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Labor and Delivery: Television Actresses’ Pregnant Performances from 1948-2016, examines the labor of six pregnant actresses working on United States television. Mary Kay Stearns, Lucille Ball, Jane Leeves, Kerry Washington, and Katey Sagal all worked through pregnancies while filming their respective television shows. These women exemplify the multitude of actresses who maintained their careers and their pregnancies in the television industry. This is the first study of its kind to examine the labor of an actresses’ pregnant body on film while she performs a role other than herself. Previous examinations of pregnancy in performance are few but have largely focused …